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12 results
title | full_name | born | died | nationality | occupation | url |
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John von Neumann | John von Neumann | 1903 | 1957 | Hungarian | mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann |
Benoit Mandelbrot | Benoit B. Mandelbrot | 1924 | 2010 | Polish | mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences, especially regarding what he labeled as "the art of roughness" of physical phenomena and "the uncontrolled element in life" | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoit_Mandelbrot |
Robert Eisler | Robert Eisler | 1882 | 1949 | Austrian | Jewish polymath who wrote about the topics of mythology, comparative religion, the Gospels, monetary policy, art history, history of science, psychoanalysis, politics, astrology, history of currency, and value theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Eisler |
Michael Polanyi | Michael Polanyi | 1891 | 1976 | Hungarian | polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Polanyi |
Frederick Eckstein | Frederick Eckstein | 1861 | 1939 | Austrian | polymath, theosophist and a friend and temporary co-worker of Sigmund Freud | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Eckstein |
Yeshayahu Leibowitz | Yeshayahu Leibowitz | 1903 | 1994 | Israeli | Orthodox Jewish public intellectual and polymath | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshayahu_Leibowitz |
Nicholas Rescher | Nicholas Rescher | 1928 | n/a | German | philosopher, polymath, and author, who has been a professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh since 1961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Rescher |
Abraham Yahuda | Abraham Shalom Yahuda | 1877 | 1951 | Palestinian | Jew, polymath, teacher, writer, researcher, linguist, and collector of rare documents | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Yahuda |
Lina Eckenstein | Lina Dorina Johanna Eckenstein | 1857 | 1931 | British | polymath and historian who was acknowledged as a philosopher and scholar in the women's movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Eckenstein |
Franz Baermann Steiner | Franz Baermann Steiner | 1909 | 1952 | null | ethnologist, polymath, essayist, aphorist, and poet | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Baermann_Steiner |
Mookie Tenembaum | Mookie Tenembaum | 1955 | n/a | Argentine | polymath; philosopher, lawyer, inventor, conceptual multidisciplinary artist, and radio host | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mookie_Tenembaum |
Ari Ben-Menahem | Ari Ben-Menahem (Schlanger) has been professor of mathematics and geophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science since 1964 and visiting professor at MIT. He | null | null | null | seismologist, author, polymath, and historian of science | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Ben-Menahem |